374 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 24
bandhah—whose intentions are inimical; saryé—the sun;
candramasau—and the moon; abhidhdévati—runs after them on the
full-moon night and the dark-moon day.
TRANSLATION

The sun globe, which is a source of heat, extends for 10,000 yo-
janas [80,000 miles]. The moon extends for 20,000 yojanas
[160,000 miles], and Rahu extends for 30,000 yojanas [240,000
miles]. Formerly, when nectar was being distributed, Rahu tried to
create dissension between the sun and moon by interposing him-
self between them. Rahu is inimical toward both the sun and the
moon, and therefore he always tries to cover the sunshine and
moonshine on the dark-moon day and full-moon night.

PURPORT

As stated herein, the sun extends for 10,000 yojanas, and the moon
extends for twice that, or 20,000 yojanas. The word dvddasa should be
understood to mean twice as much as ten, or twenty. In the opinion of Vi-
jayadhvaja, the extent of Rahu should be twice that of the moon, or
40,000 yojanas. However, to reconcile this apparent contradiction to the
text of the Bhagavatam, Vijayadhvaja cites the following quotation con-
cerning Rahu: rahu-soma-ravinam tu mandala dvi-gunoktitam. This
means that Rahu is twice as large as the moon, which is twice as large as
the sun. This is the conclusion of the commentator Vijayadhvaja.

TEXT 3

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TAMAMAANT ATA CATT Teh Gad AA APTA

as ° re af oO cA
afaqna adaar aad ge: aadmaaaaiiga geaais-

r nxn ¢ leas es AS

waa Mea Prd agraafata agiea SleR UU
tan nisamyobhayatrapi bhagavatd raksanadya prayuktam sudarsanam
nama bhagavatam dayitam astram tat tejasa durvisaham muhuh
parivartamanam abhyavasthito muhirtam udvijamanas cakita-hrdaya
Grad eva nivartate tad uparagam iti vadanti lokah.
